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filibeg Sc.|ˈfɪlɪbɛg|
Also 8 philebeg, 8–9 philabeg, -ibeg, fillibeg, feilbeg, 9 philiberg, phillibeg.
[ad. Gael. feileadh-beag the kilt of modern shape, f. feileadh a fold, plait + beag little, as distinguished from feileadh-mor the large kilt of primitive form.]
A kilt.
1746Act 19-21 Geo. II, c. 39 §17 The..philebeg, or little kilt. 1771Pennant Tour Scotl. I. (1790) 211 The feil beg, i.e. little plaid, also called kelt..is a modern substitute for the lower part of the plaid. 1773Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 24 Sept., Old Malcolm in his filibeg. 1794Burns Jolly Beggars, John Highlandman, His philabeg and tartan plaid. 1828Landor Imag. Conv. III. 203 Persian robes and Scotch phillibegs. |